whortleberry

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: whor=tle=ber=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

whortleberry, n. [AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry.].

 In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

whortleberry, n. (pl. -ies) a bilberry.

Etymology

16th c.: dial. form of hurtleberry, ME, of unkn. orig.